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Luoxi County is actually the original Hebian Town.

As early as more than a decade ago, after the population restrictions in Hebian Town were lifted, the population quickly increased to tens of thousands. And because it was an important port with frequent trade, it became even more prosperous.

When the prefecture and county were added more than ten years ago, its administrative level was upgraded and renamed Luoxi County.

The so-called Luoxi refers to the small river that originally flowed from Xichu County into the Xinluo River.

It was originally just a seasonal stream, but after years of excavation and repair, it has now become a canal nearly ten meters wide.

When the Ministry of Transport was first established and during the early years of Liu Sheng's reign, Hebian Town served as an important port in the County of Chu. In addition to its prosperous logistics and transportation industries, it was mainly engaged in shipbuilding.

Because in the early days, the Ministry of War only had a shipyard in the riverside town.

Later, Liu Sheng ordered the establishment of Longshou Shipyard, and the shipyard in Hebian Town gradually declined.

Of course, this decline is relative.

Today, Liu Sheng took the opportunity to inspect the area and found that the scale of the riverside shipyard has expanded compared to the past, but now it mainly builds inland vessels.

The wood used to build river boats all floated down from the upper reaches of the Xinluo River, which was convenient and also boosted the logging industry in Shangluo Prefecture.

The magistrate of Luoxi is a middle-aged man who grew up in North America named Zhan Jianshe.

1. This is a name that is very characteristic of the early days of the Tang Dynasty.

"I immigrated here with my parents when I was seven or eight years old. I first studied in the primary school in the camp, and later graduated from the middle school in Qichu County. I passed the examination and became a civil servant, thus embarking on a career in officialdom."

Zhan Jianshe is in his thirties and, as a county magistrate, is considered a mid-level official in North America.

At this moment, facing Liu Sheng, he seemed quite nervous and excited, with admiration evident in his expression.

After all, he had been listening to various legends about Liu Sheng since he was a child, and even worshipped Liu Sheng as an idol.

Moreover, as the founding emperor of Dalai and the emperor emeritus, Liu Sheng already had a respected status and was surrounded by a halo.

Seeing that a kid who migrated here back then had become a county magistrate, Liu Sheng was also somewhat moved and said with a smile: "In this case, you can be considered an official who has worked your way up from the grassroots level."

Zhan Jianshe said: "Most of the officials in North America and even in Dali nowadays have been promoted from the grassroots level."

"This is all thanks to the national policy set by your majesty at the beginning - officials start from local minor officials, so that they can understand the real situation at the grassroots and local levels, so that there will not be people who can only talk big in high positions."

These words might seem like flattery, but they were also true, so Liu Sheng felt quite comfortable listening to them.

He then asked: "What is the population of Luoxi County now? How many Han people and naturalized natives are there?"

Nowadays, when Liu Sheng inspects a place, he mainly tries to understand the population, industrial development and people's lives.

He would know the latter two by himself, but the population could only be learned by asking.

Zhan Jianshe said: "Luoxi County is small, with few towns and villages under its jurisdiction, and the population is basically concentrated in the county seat. There are more than 80,000 people now, including nearly 60,000 Han people and more than 20,000 naturalized natives."

Liu Sheng asked again: "Besides transportation and shipbuilding, does Luoxi have any other important industries?"

"The two major industries of transportation and shipbuilding are actually enough to support the economic development of Luoxi. However, in line with the principle of diversification, we also have some small-scale factories, and fisheries and agriculture are also of a certain scale."

Liu Sheng saw that Zhan Jianshe was worried, but didn't say much.

Although he is now the emperor, his words and deeds still have a great impact on all aspects of North America. The more so, the more cautious he needs to be in his words and deeds to avoid causing bad influence.

Liu Sheng spent a day in Luoxi County before heading to Qichu County.

Today, Laichu County is not only the seat of Laichu Prefecture, but also the seat of Tianlai Province.

Coupled with the large cliff connecting North America with the other side, it is naturally more prosperous than it was a decade ago.

Because there is no enemy threat, the city of Qichu still has no city walls today - in fact, most towns in North America have no city walls.

When Liu Sheng arrived, Tianqi Governor Liu Dachuan and his troops had been waiting for a long time in a "park" between the canal and the cement road in the suburbs.

After seeing Liu Sheng, Liu Dachuan's eyes turned red, and he immediately led everyone to bow down. "Your Majesty!"

"Flat body."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After the ceremony, Liu Sheng couldn't help but look at Liu Dachuan carefully.

As the first group of followers that Liu Sheng bought with silver when he traveled to this world, Liu Dachuan is considered to be one of the oldest veterans in Dalai.

In the 13th year of Chongzhen, he was 28 years old, one or two years older than Liu Sheng, and now he is 61 years old.

Although Liu Dachuan later served as the second or third in command in North America (Liu Sheng has always been the top official), and did not do any physical work, given his qualifications, it would definitely be a lot of work for him to oversee the political affairs in North America.

This can be seen from Liu Dachuan's gray hair and beard, and his face full of wrinkles and loose skin.

His body was also noticeably hunched.

However, as far as Liu Sheng knows, the Liu family is developing very well now.

Back then, Liu Erhe joined the army, but his subsequent development was relatively limited, and his highest military position was only the commander of a standing army brigade.

According to Liu Rui's telegram, Liu Erhe retired from the front line several years ago and was transferred back to Nanjing to take up a sinecure in the military.

Therefore, the Liu Erhe lineage migrated from North America very early and settled in Nanjing.

Liu Erhe married a wife and a concubine, and raised three sons and four daughters.

Now, two of the three sons are serving in the military. The eldest son, who holds the highest position, is already a deputy commander of the standing army. The second son is a battalion commander in the security army, and the youngest son is still in college.

The four daughters either married into powerful families of similar status or made progress in other industries, so they were not considered mediocre.

Liu Dachuan is really amazing.

In the early days, he looked honest and even a little henpecked. Later, he somehow persuaded his wife to take two concubines.

In fact, Dakai did not abolish the existence of concubines, but imposed a one-time concubine tax.

Moreover, the starting tax for concubines was very high - Liu Sheng originally set it at 500 yuan, and it should have increased over the years. I don't know how much it has been raised to.

If you want to take a second concubine, the concubine tax you have to pay will be doubled!
If you take a third concubine, the allowance will be doubled again... and so on.

In addition, it was stipulated that concubines and wives were equal in personality - in fact, when Dalai founded the country, it abolished the existence of slaves by law and strictly enforced it.

Concubines in the Ming Dynasty and before were often treated like maids. They could even be bought, sold, or given to others, almost like goods.

But in Dalai, marrying a concubine is actually equivalent to having an extra wife, but the concubine's family status is not as good as that of the wife.

Even so, concubines are eligible to share the family property, but the proportion of the property they can get according to the law is relatively small.

Except for the emperor, who was not subject to the relevant laws of Dalai regarding marrying wives and concubines (but the emperor was subject to another set of "laws"), all powerful people, including Liu Da's royal family, had to abide by these laws.

From this we can see how difficult it was for Liu Dachuan to persuade his wife to help him take two concubines - that would have been necessary to divide the family property.

However, Liu Dachuan also had many children because of this. So far, he has five sons and seven daughters!

According to Liu Sheng, Liu Dachuan's adult children have developed in various industries outside the North American military. Liu Dachuan did not join the military because he was enlightened by an aide and made a move to protect himself and his family.

Today, he has two sons in politics, with the highest-ranking one being a county magistrate and the other a technical official in the industrial sector.

He has a son and a daughter engaged in scientific research, two daughters engaged in education, and two daughters engaged in business.

The rest are either still in school or are just ordinary.

As for grandchildren, there are naturally more of them, but most of them are still minors. (End of this chapter)